Dr. Barry Simon - Radiologist

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A Visual Guide to Breast Cancer Learn about the breast cancer experience, from symptoms and tests to treatments, recovery, and prevention. Pictures show breast structure and tumors.

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Annual Breast Cancer Screening Starting at Age 40 Best, Modeling Study Says Estimates suggest mortality was reduced by 42% with annual screening for this age group

https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.232658

Outcomes of Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Based on Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network Estimates Background There is ongoing debate about recommendations for breast cancer screening strategies, specifically regarding the frequency of screening and the age at which to initiate screening. Purpose To compare estimates of breast cancer screening outcomes published by the Cancer Intervention and Sur...

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DEXA use varies across racial groups In this session, evidence will be presented that suggests disparities exist across racial and ethnic groups in the use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans around the time of hip fractures.

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Women with false-positive mammography results face increased risk of subsequent breast cancer “Developing personalized surveillance programs can be beneficial for these women,” researchers detailed recently in JAMA Oncology.

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1 in 3 women confused about breast cancer screening guidelines Nearly one-third of women say they are confused about breast cancer screenings recommendations.

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Saving Lives Through Improved Screening Awareness In countries with organized screening programs, regular breast cancer screening has been a crucial tool in the clinician toolkit, decreasing breast cancer mortality rates by up to 40%.

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Older, Black women undergo lower biopsy rates after abnormal mammogram Women who are older and/or Black experience lower biopsy rates and longer biopsy times, recent research suggests.

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Breast MRI uptake is low among women at high breast cancer risk Only a third of women at high risk of breast cancer who have a provider recommendation for breast MRI undergo the exam, a study published August 28 in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment has found.

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African genetic ancestry may be linked to breast cancer aggressiveness Higher African genetic ancestry was associated with more aggressive tumor subtypes at diagnosis among Black women with breast cancer, according to cohort study findings published in JAMA Network Open.“While available evidence suggests both genetic and environmental factors may explain excess m...

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New Research Shows Consequences of Delayed Diagnosis in Mammography Screening Primary diagnostic delays in mammography screening led to a greater than 10 percent higher incidence of lymph node metastasis with invasive breast cancer in comparison to women without a primary diagnostic delay, according to new research out of the Netherlands.

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Breast cancer care primer offers women guidance through the journey In a video interview, radiologist Rachel Brem, MD, and breast surgeon Christy Teal, MD, discuss their new book, No Longer Radical: Understanding Mastectomies and Choosing the Breast Cancer Care That's Right for You.

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In a new book, Rachel Brem and Christy Teal offer breast cancer care guidance Breast cancer care doesn't have to be mysterious, according to radiologist Rachel Brem, MD, and breast surgeon Christy Teal, MD, both of George Washington University in Washington, DC.

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Which women should receive ultrasound for breast screening? Ultrasound is highly beneficial for supplemental screening in women with dense breasts -- and it can also add value in women at highest risk of interval cancer or advanced breast cancer, suggest findings published June 12 in Cancer.

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Radiology Challenges with Breast Cancer Screening in Women with Breast Implants In a recent video interview, Stephen Rose, M.D., reviewed a variety of factors that can impact interpretation of breast imaging for women with breast implants and discussed recent research showing a 22 percent reduction in cancer detection rate for this population in comparison to women without brea...

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Continued declines in screening mammogram volumes could have 'worrisome implications,' experts warn The downward trend is most notable in women who have at least one risk factor of severe COVID, new data suggest.

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Whole Breast Ultrasound Screening: Is There Adequate Utilization in Patients at Higher Risk for Breast Cancer? In a new study involving over 400,000 women, researchers found that ultrasound screening was performed for 95.3 percent of women with dense breasts but only 21.7 percent of women with a first-degree family history of breast cancer.

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ACR, SBI weigh in on USPSTF breast screening recommendation The American College of Radiology (ACR) and Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) are weighing in on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's (USPSTF) draft recommendations for breast cancer screening.

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Consistent Breast Cancer Screening Cuts Odds of Dying From the Disease by 72% MONDAY, June 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Screening mammograms saves lives, and consistency counts for a lot.That's the main message from a new study that looked at how regularly women received mammograms before a breast cancer diagnosis. The closer a woman adhered to guidelines on a year-to-year bas...

https://www.tpr.org/bioscience-medicine/2023-06-05/new-guidelines-urge-women-to-screen-earlier-for-breast-cancer

New guidelines urge women to screen earlier for breast cancer A Texas breast surgeon agrees with screening earlier, but she favors annual mammograms instead of exams every two years.

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Federal law change would require all insurers to cover any supplemental breast imaging The Find it Early Act has support from both political parties, alongside the American College of Radiology and journalist/cancer survivor Katie Couric.

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Experts cite 'urgent need' for changes to USPSTF breast cancer screening recommendations The USPSTF’s update suggests that women should screen every other year, but the group's own modeling studies have cited the benefits of annual screening.

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Medical organization recommends breast cancer risk assessment for all women by age 25 The American College of Radiology, or ACR, updated its guidance to recommend that all women receive a breast cancer risk assessment by the age of 25 years to determine if screening is needed earlier than age 40 years.Black and Ashkenazi Jewish women were specifically highlighted by ACR as those who....

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SBI: Supplemental screening key to finding interval breast cancers Most interval cancers are detected via supplemental screening, and most women diagnosed with interval disease have high lifetime risk scores, according to research presented on May 6 at the Society of Breast Imaging annual meeting in National Harbor, MD.